print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1922,0410.142.1
- Title
- Series: Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della Città di Firenze
- Description
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Title-plate to the series, with a fresco by Giovanni da San Giovanni adapted to serve as the frontispiece, showing a figure of the Arno above a tablet with the title, which is followed by a dedication to Maria Theresa; on the left the Olympian Gods, and on the right women bringing offerings to three crowned figure; along the bottom an elaborate ornamented base. 1744, reprinted in 1754
Etching with engraving
- Production date
- 1744
- Dimensions
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Height: 475 millimetres
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Height: 625 millimetres
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Width: 678 millimetres (platemark)
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Width: 800 millimetres (sheet)
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- Curator's comments
- The titleplate of a complete set of Zocchi's 24 views of Florence (1922,0410.142.1 to 27), into which have been inserted two extra plates (nos.2. and 3). The first edition was in 1744; this is a later reprint by Bouchard of 1754. Another copy of the 1754 edition is in the British Library (Maps C.10.c.19).
All the original drawings are in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. For the series, see Elaine Dee, 'Views of Florence and Tuscany by GZ from the Pierpont Morgan Library', International Exhibitions Foundation 1968, with reproductions of all the drawings.
The fresco by Giovanni da San Giovanni was on the outside wall of a house opposite the Porta Romana in Florence. According to Elaine Dee, the original drawing is not by Zocchi but by Giuseppe Magni.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1922
- Acquisition notes
- The album is now in a BM binding. But bound within the covers are the original XVIIIc paper wrappers with coloured woodcut decoration: written on the front in an early hand is 'A large plan of Ancient Rome, The loves of Cupid & Psyche, & The Views of Florence', which give the original contents of the binding (the first two items having since been separated).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1922,0410.142.1